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Search for "Home Financing" 1071 Battle of Cassel-Robert I the Frisian defeats Arnulf III/I 1281 Martin IV becomes Pope. 1281 Simon de Brion elected Pope Martinus IV 1288 Girolamo Masci elected Pope Nicolas IV 1288 Nicholas IV becomes Pope. 1295 BC - The coronation of Ramses II, on whose face the sun's rays fall each year in Abu Simbel temple. 1300 Pope Boniface VIII delegates degree 1495 French King Charles VIII enters Naples to claim the crown 1495 King Charles VIII of France enters Naples to claim the city's throne. 1561 William of Orange appointed viceroy of Burgundy/Charolais 1630 Indians introduce pilgrims to popcorn, at Thanksgiving 1632 Galileo's Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems is published. 1656 New Amsterdam granted a Jewish burial site 1732 George Washington's birthday 1744 Battle at Toulon English-French & Spanish fleet 1746 French troops conquer Brussels 1746 Jakobijnse troops vacate Aberdeen 1774 English House of Lords rules authors do not have perpetual copyright 1775 First US joint stock company (to make cloth) offers shares at £10 1775 Jews expelled from outskirts of Warsaw Poland 1784 First US ship to trade with China, "Empress of China," sails from New York 1797 UK hist French invade Fishguard, Wales; last time UK invaded; all captured 2 days later 1813 Ft. Presentation, NY is captured by the British 1813 Lt. Col. 'Red George' Macdonnell c1779-1871 leads 400 Prescott regular militia and Glengarry Light Infantry in a pre-dawn raid on US Fort Ogdensburg across the frozen St. Lawrence 1819 By the Adams-Ons Treaty, Spain sells Florida to the United States for five million U.S. dollars. 1821 Spain sells (east) Florida to United States for $5 million 1825 Britain and Russia set inland boundaries of Alaska/BC at first mountain range and 141st meridian 1825 Russia & Britain establish Alaska-Canada boundary 1828 Russia & Persia sign Peace of Turkmantsjai 1836 Dutch garrison evacuates fort Du Bus New Guinea 1847 Battle of Buena Vista US troops beat Mexican army 1851 The Kirkwood runs aground in New Jersey, mistaking the Smith Hotel for a vessel that refused to return its signal. 1853 The Washington University is founded in St. Louis as Eliot Seminary. 1854 First meeting of the Republican Party, Michigan 1855 The Pennsylvania State University is founded. 1856 First national meeting of the Republican Party (Pittsburgh) 1856 The Republican Party opens its first national meeting in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. 1858 Dion Boucicault's "Jessie Brown," premieres in New York NY 1860 Organized baseball played in San Francisco for the first time 1860 Shoe-making workers of Lynn MS, strike successfully for higher wages 1861 On a bet Edward Weston leaves Boston to walk to Lincoln's inauguration 1862 Jefferson Davis is officially inaugurated for a six-year term as the President of the Confederate States of America in Richmond, Virginia. He was previously inaugurated as a provisional president on February 18, 1861. 1864 2nd/last day of Battle of Okolona MS 1864 Battle at Dalton, Georgia 1864 Skirmish at Calfkiller Creek (Sparta) Tennessee 1865 Battle of Wilmington NC (Fort Anderson) occupied by Federals 1865 The U.S. state of Tennessee makes slavery illegal. 1872 First national convention of the Prohibition Party (Columbus OH) 1872 Labor Reform Party formed at Columbus OH 1876 Johns Hopkins University is founded in Baltimore, Maryland. 1878 Greenback Labor Party formed (Toledo OH) 1879 Frank W. Woolworth opens his first store in Utica, New York. 1879 In Utica, New York, Frank Woolworth opens the first of many of 5 and 10-cent Woolworth stores. 1882 Serbian kingdom refounded. 1887 Union Labor Party organized in Cincinnati 1888 John Reid of Scotland demonstrates golf to Americans (Yonkers NY) 1889 Dakotas, Montana & Washington admitted to the union 1889 President Grover Cleveland signs a bill admitting North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana and Washington as U.S. states. 1996 This was the year "The Book Clip - Guaranteed to keep your Book Open" first appeared on the Internet. See Pictures HERE www.bookclip.com 1889 U.S. President Grover Cleveland signs a bill to admit North and South Dakota, Montana and Washington (state) to the Union. 1892 "Lady Windermere's Fan" by Oscar Wilde premieres at St James Theater (London) 1892 Manitoba Rugby Football Union forms 1898 Black postmaster lynched, his wife & 3 daughters shot in Lake City SC 1900 Battle at Wynne's Hill, South-Africa (Boers vs British army) 1900 Hawaii became a US territory 1903 Due to drought the US side of Niagara Falls runs short of water 1904 UK recognises the South Orkney Islands as part of Argentina, in 1908 claims them again. 1906 Black evangelist William J Seymour arrives in Los Angeles CA 1907 Cabs with taxi meters begin operating in London 1909 Great White Fleet, first US fleet to circle the globe, returns to Virginia 1912 J Vedrines makes first airplane flight over 100 mph-161.29 kph 1913 Lowell High School, San Francisco opens (on it's first campus) 1915 Germany begins "unrestricted" submarine war 1917 German Navy torpedoes 7 Dutch ships 1918 Germany claims Baltic states, Finland & Ukraine from Russia 1920 In Emeryville, New York, the first dog race track to employ an imitation rabbit opens. 1920 The first artificial rabbit used at a dog race track (Emeryville CA) 1922 Congress authorizes Grant Memorial $1 gold coin 1923 First successful chinchilla farm in US (Los Angeles CA) 1923 The United States begins the first transcontinental air mail route. 1923 Transcontinental airmail service begins 1932 Purple Heart award re-instituted 1933 Göring forms SA/SS-police, shoots 40-50 1934 It Happened One Night, starring Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert, premieres at Radio City Music Hall in New York City. 1935 Airplanes are no longer permitted to fly over the White House 1936 Construction on Ypenburg Netherlands airport begins 1940 Finnish troops vacate Koivisto island 1940 German air force sinks 2 German destroyers, killing 578 1941 Arthur T "Bomber" Harris becomes British Air Marshal 1941 German assault on El Agheila Libya 1941 I G Farben decides building Buna-Werke in Auschwitz Concentration Camp 1941 Nazi SS begin rounding up Jews of Amsterdam 1941 Paul Creston's first Symphony, premieres 1941 Roy Harris' "Ballad of a Railroad Man," premieres 1943 HMCS Weyburn strikes a mine near Gibralter and sinks 1943 Members of White Rose are executed in Nazi Germany. 1943 Royal Canadian Navy corvette HMCS Weyburn strikes mine and sinks near Gibraltar. 1943 The Bulgarian government signs an agreement with the Germans to allow deportations from Macedonia and Thrace. 11,000 Jews are deported. 1944 American aircraft bombard the Dutch towns of Nijmegen, Arnhem, Enschede and Deventer by mistake, resulting in 800 dead in Nijmegen alone. 1944 US 8th Air Force bombs Enschede, Arnhem & Nijmegen by mistake/800+ die 1945 Arab League forms (Cairo) 1945 British troops take Ramree Island, Burma 1945 Canadian 3rd Division occupies Moyland 1948 Arabs bomb attack in Jerusalem, 50 die 1948 Communist coup in Czechoslovakia 1955 British aircraft carrier Ark Royal sets sail 1956 Elvis Presley's first hit in Billboard's top 10 "Heartbreak Hotel" 1958 Egypt & Syria form United Arab Republic (UAR) 1958 Egypt and Syria join to form the United Arab Republic. 1958 Indonesian air force bombs Padang, Sumatra/Menado, Celebes 1959 Lee Petty wins the first Daytona 500. 1962 Number one hit on UK music charts - Elvis Presley - Can't Help Falling In Love With You 1963 Beatles begin their own music publishing company (Northern Songs) 1964 Beatles arrive back in England after their first US visit 1965 Felix Frankfurter, U.S. Supreme Court Justice, dies. 1965 The Beatles begin filming scenes on location in the Bahamas for their second movie, Help! 1965 USSR launches Kosmos 57 into earth orbit (Voskhod Test) 1966 Soviets launch Kosmos 110 with Veterok & Ugolek, first 2-dog crew 1967 25,000 US & S Vietnamese troops launched Operation Junction City, offensive to smash Viet Cong stronghold near Cambodian border 1968 Rock group Genesis release their first record "The Silent Sun" 1969 The last time all four Beatles were together for a recording session. 1971 Lieutenant General Hafiz al-Assad becomes President of Syria 1972 Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani becomes Amir & Prime Minister of Qatar 1972 President Nixon, meets with Chinese Premier Chou En-Lai in Beijing 1973 Cold War: Following United States President Richard Nixon's visit to the People's Republic of China, the two countries agree to establish liaison offices. 1973 Israeli fighter planes shoot down a Libyan commercial airliner (106 die) 1973 US & China agree to establish liaison offices in Beijing & Washington DC 1974 Ethiopian police shoot at demonstrators 1974 Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) summit conference starts in Lahore, Pakistan. Thirty-seven countries are attending. Twenty-two heads of state and government participate. 1974 Samuel Byck tries and fails to assassinate U.S. President Richard Nixon. 1975 Number one hit on UK music charts - Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel - Make Me Smile (Come Up And See Me) 1977 Personal posting - JENNIFER LYNN WAS BORN - United States 1978 2 tankers with propane gas explode killing 15 at Waverly TN 1979 Cleveland Metroparks Zoo's Primate & Cat Building is dedicated 1979 Independence of Saint Lucia from the United Kingdom. 1979 St Lucia gains independence from Britain 1980 Afghanistan declares martial law 1980 The United States ice hockey team defeats the Soviet Union team at the 1980 Winter Olympic Games in an upset dubbed the "Miracle on Ice". 1980 USA beats USSR in Olympics hockey 4-3 en route to a gold medal 1982 NYC Mayor Koch announces he will run for New York governor (unsuccessful) 1983 Harold Washington wins Chicago's Democratic mayoral primary 1983 Hindus kill 3000 Moslems in Assam, India 1984 Brothers Anton & Peter Stastny score 8 points each for NHL Québec 1986 Start of the 1986 EDSA Revolution in the Philippines. 1987 Pop artist Andy Warhol dies in New York City at age 58. 1989 31st Grammy Awards Don't Worry Be Happy, Faith, Tracy Chapman 1989 Fins ministry of Public health installs sex vacation to thwart stress 1989 New York Lotto pays $26.9 million to one winner (#s are 1-5-12-19-44-50) 1989 The first Spanish commercial on network TV (Pepsi-Cola-CBS Grammy Award) 1989 Personal posting - Spencer Laine Key, American writer, was born. 1989 UK physicist Stephen Hawking calls Star Wars a "deliberate fraud" 1989 US authors demonstrate against Iranian death treats against Salman Rushdee, author of "Satanic Rituals" 1990 First day India vs New Zealand cricket at Auckland New Zealand 5-78 at lunch, 9-387 stumps 1990 Grain carrier collides with Polish fishing vessel in Vancouver Harbour; spilling 40,000 litres of diesel fuel 1991 Actor Bill Bixby (57) weds Laura Michael (32) 1991 Bush & US Gulf War allies give Iraq 24 hours to begin Kuwait withdrawal 1991 Kelli McCarty, 21, (Kansas), crowned 40th Miss USA 1992 Barry Diller resigns as CEO of Fox 1992 Ed McMahon, 69, weds Pamela Hurn, 37 1992 Rockers Kurt Cobain (Nirvana) & Courtney Love (Hole), wed 1993 Vinod Kambli scores 224 vs England at Bombay, 411 balls, 23 fours 1994 Aldrich Ames and his wife are charged by the United States Department of Justice with spying for the Soviet Union. 1994 Health Canada project finds traces of cigarette smoke compounds in fetal hair; first biochemical proof that even offspring of non-smoking mothers are affected by passive smoke Ladies there is a reason to quit smoking 1994 Paul Martin tables his first Budget as Finance Minister; wants to cut deficit from $45 to 39 billion; cuts tobacco taxes to curb smuggling; announces four military bases to close. 1995 Algiers police kill at least 99 prison rioters 1995 Personal posting - February 22, 1995- Brianna Culp was born 1995 Bloc Quebecois leader Lucien Bouchard returns to the House of Commons where MPs give him a standing ovation; he had lost part of his leg to the so-called flesh-eating disease in late 1993 1996 Actress Halle Berry files for divorce from David Justice 1996 STS 75 (Columbia 19), launches into orbit 1997 In Roslin, Scotland, scientists announce that an adult sheep named Dolly had been successfully cloned. 1998 "King & I," closes at Neil Simon Theater NYC after 781 performances 2002 A MH-47E Chinook helicopter crashes into the ocean near the Philippines, killing all 10 aboard. 2002 Angolan political and rebel leader Jonas Savimbi is killed in a military ambush. 2002 UK hist Millennium Bridge over the Thames in London finally opens 2006 At least six men stage Britain's biggest robbery ever, stealing 53m Pounds (about $92.5 million or 78 million Euros) from a Securitas depot in Tonbridge, Kent. 2009 Personal posting - Jay and Jim search what happened on their birthdays at the Heidelberg in Columbia Missouri More historical events added daily - keep checking back Add your own Personal Historic listing FREE! - Click Here Return to Daily Calendar Contact us at:infoATdatesinhistory.com change the AT to @ "This site contains links to other Internet sites. 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